The <a href="http://www.iucn.org/">International Union for Conservation of Nature</a> has released a report saying that the Caribbean's iconic reefs are in sharp decline, with live coral coverage down to an average of just eight percent. Shockingly, due to overfishing, pollution, disease and bleaching caused by rising global temperatures, that is down 50% from what it was in the 1970s.
The non-governmental organization unveiled the information at an <a href="http://www.iucn.org/about/union/secretariat/offices/asia/asia_news/?4232/Next-World-Conservation-Congress-will-be-in-the-Republic-of-Korea">international environmental conference in Korea </a>where they said that time was "running out" for the region, and that stringent safeguards were needed....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/caribbean-coral-reef-could-soon-be-extinct-with-live-coverage-down-to-just-8/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Coral Reef

The <a href="http://www.iucn.org/">International Union for Conservation of Nature</a> has released a report saying that the Caribbean's iconic reefs are in sharp decline, with live coral coverage down to an average of just eight percent. Shockingly, due to overfishing, pollution, disease and bleaching caused by rising global temperatures, that is down 50% from what it was in the 1970s.
The non-governmental organization unveiled the information at an <a href="http://www.iucn.org/about/union/secretariat/offices/asia/asia_news/?4232/Next-World-Conservation-Congress-will-be-in-the-Republic-of-Korea">international environmental conference in Korea </a>where they said that time was "running out" for the region, and that stringent safeguards were needed....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/caribbean-coral-reef-could-soon-be-extinct-with-live-coverage-down-to-just-8/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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coral reef

The <a href="http://www.iucn.org/">International Union for Conservation of Nature</a> has released a report saying that the Caribbean's iconic reefs are in sharp decline, with live coral coverage down to an average of just eight percent. Shockingly, due to overfishing, pollution, disease and bleaching caused by rising global temperatures, that is down 50% from what it was in the 1970s.
The non-governmental organization unveiled the information at an <a href="http://www.iucn.org/about/union/secretariat/offices/asia/asia_news/?4232/Next-World-Conservation-Congress-will-be-in-the-Republic-of-Korea">international environmental conference in Korea </a>where they said that time was "running out" for the region, and that stringent safeguards were needed....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/caribbean-coral-reef-could-soon-be-extinct-with-live-coverage-down-to-just-8/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Caribbean coral

The International Union for Conservation of Nature has released a report saying that the Caribbean's iconic reefs are in sharp decline, with live coral coverage down to an average of just eight percent. Shockingly, due to overfishing, pollution, disease and bleaching caused by rising global temperatures, that is down 50% from what it was in the 1970s.
The non-governmental organization unveiled the information at an international environmental conference in Korea where they said that time was "running out" for the region, and that stringent safeguards were needed....